Paul McCartney, right, plays guitar with bandmate Rusty Anderson, left, on the Lands End stage during the first day of the Outside Lands music festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif. on August 9, 2013.

Paul McCartney, right, plays guitar with bandmate Rusty Anderson, left, on the Lands End stage during the first day of the Outside Lands music festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif. on August 9,

Beatles: John Lennon and Paul McCartney were one of the most successful songwriting teams ever, but after the Beatles split in 1970, the two took to sparring in the media and in their songs. McCartney also refused to join George Harrison and Ringo Starr, the two other surviving members of the Beatles at the time when the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. He said in a statement, "After 20 years the Beatles still have some business differences which I had hoped would have been settled by now. Unfortunately, they haven't been (settled), so I would feel like a complete hypocrite waving and smiling with (Harrison and Starr) at a fake reunion." Starr and McCartney have since resolved their differences. less

Beatles: John Lennon and Paul McCartney were one of the most successful songwriting teams ever, but after the Beatles split in 1970, the two took to sparring in the media and in their songs. McCartney also ... more

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Attorney J. Tony Serra explains missing teeth.

Attorney J. Tony Serra explains missing teeth.

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Paul McCartney concert: Let it be at new stadium, 49ers say

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The 49ers are in talks with Paul McCartney to perform the opening concert at their new Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara - a move that would effectively yank the rug out from under San Francisco's plans for the music legend to headline a final send-off concert at Candlestick Park.

Mayor Ed Leepersonally invited McCartney to close the Stick when the former Beatle played at the Outside Lands festival in Golden Gate Park last year.

The idea was to say goodbye to the ballpark where the Beatles played their final paid concert in 1966.

McCartney's reps and the city had been talking since Lee made the offer, and City Hall was convinced that the show was all but a done deal.

It all changed, however, when McCartney's envoys, including his worldwide concert promoter, Barrie Marshall, toured Candlestick last month and let slip that they had just visited Levi's Stadium as part of negotiations with the Niners for an opening concert there in early August.

It was a blindside hit that had city officials feeling betrayed.

Team execs insisted to San Francisco officials that they had been approached about hosting a McCartney show by Live Nation, the national promoter that has a financial stake in Sir Paul's management company.

Besides, the Niners said they had a fiduciary responsibility to their sponsors - including Levi's, which has a $220 million naming-rights deal at the stadium - to host a certain number of concerts a year.

"Classless" is how one San Francisco official greeted the Niners' play - which some see as the latest in a string of insults aimed at the city since owner John Yorkannounced in 2006 that the team was leaving town.

Sarah Ballard, spokeswoman for the city's Recreation and Park Department, which runs Candlestick, expressed disappointment at the prospect of losing the concert. But she steered clear of any name calling, noting that the decision on where to play was ultimately McCartney's.

Mayoral spokeswoman Christine Falveysaid that regardless of how it all plays out, "the city is going to have a great farewell for Candlestick for the public." A representative for Live Nation said the company had no comment.

In a statement, the Niners said they book events on behalf of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority and "we continue to seek world-class sports and entertainment events that benefit the entire region."

Sunday streets: San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee's call for an end to Sunday paid street parking is twisting City Hall into knots - but from the looks of things, he's going to win this one.

There are politically powerful forces lining up against the mayor's idea. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition wants the city to get the $10 million a year in ticket revenue that helps fund bike-friendly street improvements. The Chamber of Commerce doesn't want people parking in front of stores all day, but its position comes with a twist - it doesn't want store customers getting $60 parking tickets on the day they least expect it.

-- Keep Sunday metered parking, but ticket people who stay in metered spaces for more than four hours.

-- Keep Sunday metered parking, but don't write any tickets.

But while the public debate rages, Muni's budget still says "no pay" for Sunday parking. And there's no sign that the mayor is backing down.

Star Wars gazing: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuelhas just created a task force of community leaders to study possible sites to compete with San Francisco's fallback offer for "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' proposed $300 million museum of Americana art and Hollywood props. Finding a possible spot in the Windy City could take months.

"The ball is in their court," Lucas spokesman David Perrytold us Friday.

In the meantime, Lucas will keep mulling the site near his digital arts center that the Presidio Trust offered after it rejected his Crissy Field plan. But that's not on the fast track, either.

Legal bite: Anyone who has watched Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow's lawyer, Tony Serra, on the news recently has probably asked: What's up with his missing teeth?

"They got knocked out back when I was a boxer at Stanford," Serra tells us. "I had false ones put in, but a while back I took a bite into a piece of rabbit and they broke."

So why not get them replaced?

"I haven't had time, but to tell you the truth, part of me feels that getting new teeth conflicts with my self-image as a natural man," Serra said.

"Besides, it always helps when a lawyer is visually distinct," he said.

"People will say, 'That Tony Serra may not have all his teeth, but you really ought to hear what he has to say.' "

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